Our 2010 Fellows for Life “Leadership by Example” lecture series is about to begin.
Now in its third year, the lecture series is organized by Fellows for Life (alumni of the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program). Speakers in the series have been selected to talk about their exemplary lives of public service, with a special emphasis on individuals who focus on the well being of underserved populations.
Our next guest speaker, Dr. Greg Scott, a sociology professor at DePaul University, has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork on drug-dealing street gangs. Since 2005, his non-profit multi-media company, Sawbuck Productions, has produced educational and political materials concerning the well-being of illicit drug users. The documentaries have been shown at film festivals around the world and have appeared on the National Geographic Network, BET Network and MSNBC. His film “Begging for Grace,” which documents the daily life of a panhandling homeless heroin addict named Freeway, was an official selection of the International Documentary Challenge at the 2007 HotDocs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, and was recently acquired for commercial distribution.
In 2008 Dr. Scott began working as a freelance audio documentarian for Chicago Public Radio’s WBEZ where he produces and directs 8-12-minute stories about street life within Chicago’s “undergrounds.” Topics have included prostitution, heroin overdose and drug selling. His radio series “The Brickyard” relates stories about outlaw communities of heroin addicts, crack smokers, prostitutes, thieves, drug dealers and others living on Chicago’s west side.
The event is open to the public and will be held Tuesday, May 4, 2010 beginning at 6:00pm at Northwestern University’s Chicago medical campus in Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior Street, 1st Floor, Chicago. It is free of charge, and open to the public, but reservations are strongly recommended. RSVP to: rsvp@hmprg.org or call 312 372-4292 Ext. 24
